Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Saving Private Wang (Reprinted)

 Wang was to an article I published a pity since he came back, I have not seen him yet. To see the queer one, but only the upper part (to ensure I did not write), here and right when the documents folder store . It is called to the glass high-rise headquarters in Manhattan and then to a secret military base in Beijing solemn yet. Each voice call is greater than the previous one, swearing is more than the previous one. Wang, PLA 2 m 10 basketball ambassador, missing the.
loyal soldiers in the United States became a deserter.
a year ago, according to the Chinese government and the provisions of the Dallas Mavericks, the Deputy should have been king of the Mavericks ended the season in May 2002, immediately flew back to China in mid- . But now the Mavericks on May 13 last game (a Wang played only 6 minutes lost to Sacramento in the playoffs) has been three weeks, and this is missing the center of China. He missed a team meeting and to comply with the official asked him to immediately return to national team training in Beijing put the command. influential people on both sides of the ocean are beginning to worry about.
arrogance Mavericks owner Mark. Cuban said him a few weeks to find ways to Wang in order to avoid ruining a good team and a rare Chinese relations. Wang lived in Turtle Creek, a 2-story apartment house, surrounded by apartment is also home to teammate Wang Dirk. Dirk Nowitzki and Steve. Nash. Cuban people sent home door, but no one answered, looking in from outside the window, it appears that the house empty. and no one saw Wang up, there are dimpled smile, like the expensive goods, beautiful girlfriend. Wang usually parked in front of the house-Benz SL500 cars without a trace. phone, no answer, only a strange pre-recorded message is in English:
For China's sports leaders, Wang's disappearance is an open rebellion: they spent more than ten years of effort to turn him into a star, but now, when they gave him the privilege of never (to play NBA), he actually dare to open revolt. Wang is not owned by Chinese officials is not intended to begin a major reason for him to go abroad, but also confirmed what many people worried. officials are beginning to discuss the convergence problem of Wang and published a number of ambiguous statement, and more to increase interest in the media. do not know where he is. When everyone believes the army ten years rigorous indoctrination has shaped him into a firm patriot. now he's missing and then leaving the team without as severe, it can be in the military court trial. more serious consequences is the rebellion. stay abroad. he wanted to stay abroad, the only way out is to mutiny. hundreds of millions of viewers. San Francisco Mayor Willy. Brown, appointed a NBA to open a tool for returning to the Chinese market, but a real great potential NBA players. Wang scored 5.6 points per game, but these are generally poor in the score of Wang in the victory against the Grizzlies scored 18 points (at the time of his career high), the star player has a lot of Dallas coach Don. Nelson boasted him about it, even said that Asian players in any one of our team. publicly expressed his party did not be allowed to continue his NBA career. In fact, the People's Liberation Army generals are unhappy to see is: are they players sitting on the bench in Dallas, their August The first team lost the CBA Finals (lost to Yao Ming, the Shanghai Sharks.) office manager of the Dallas Mavericks did not give a guarantee to extend his contract. will be able to come in, certainly not in such a hurry now, Anxiety .2001 appearance in Dallas after the early (he was only 9 games 51 minutes to adjust to NBA) Wang to the same desire to be like other newcomers to exercise their own in the NBA Summer League. someone told him, in a summer league game is better than ten in China . However, he honestly back to China to participate in the East Asian Games, and then the 3 months of monotonous training for the Universiade. in the Games, many other teams coaches are not satisfied with a never enter 24, a university classroom how NBA players to participate in the Universiade (especially in the historic victory over Wang led the Chinese team after the U.S. team)? But foreigners do not know is better than all the Chinese national honor, a little bit of how the rules able to block the international prestige of this opportunity to do?
in October 2001, when the other NBA players in NBA training camp waiting for the time when the start of the season, Wang has to remain in China to train with due diligence, behalf of waiting for the PLA team in November to participate in the National Games. In NBA history, has never been a foreign government to control the schedule is still NBA players, not to mention this is a communist army. Dallas Mavericks and the NBA, In order to improve relations with China, have agreed to this episode. But Wang's obviously not very satisfied with this delay. From across the ocean in the online tracking Wang Mavericks could not match the level of worry about their low level of competition in the country and to delay. August last second victory over Yao Ming of the Shanghai team won the national championship, but Wang can think of just catch the next plane trip. late two months later, Wang to the League to 19 games the first time put Mavericks uniform. Nelson coach did not give him too much chance of flash, but Wang know: If he is only making up for time, he can not get a lot of playing time.
make more disturbed by the Wang Yao touted more and more. In the spring of 2002, his old rival has been called the world's best rookie, no doubt the next NBA draft, the draft pick. For Wang, the first NBA franchise in China people who live in the United States in a never played college or professional ball in the shadow of the 21-year-old youth Below is a difficult subject matter, especially when he was once hit over the youth violence. In addition, Wang worried about the latest requirements of CBA (also called China or sign a new treaty, he was thinking that he is not have to pay half the wages to CBA. Wang felt a debt owed to China has been delayed for two years and missed training camp after all paid off. He also owes What of China?
Mavericks lost to Sacramento in a week before the end of the season, Wang and and Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Donnie Nelson, * made an appointment to meet to discuss his future. (Coincidentally enough, the same day Hughes Cotton Rockets announced in June they decided to become NBA draft pick Yao Ming.) Donnie Nelson and Wang still keeps the 2001 is a rush for those few days of friendly relations under construction. The Mavericks coach was full of joy to this soldiers face from China to send out his hands to welcome him to become a member of the family, let him sleep in a room of his house, still climbs up to the middle of the night with the leftovers in the refrigerator to find the chocolate cake. but over the They parted ways. Nelson has now been upgraded to the small Mavericks vice president of basketball administration, the seriousness of his face seems to have replaced the previous cheerful. Wang is also a stable and his girlfriend (now fiancee) settled Song Yang most of his spare time to accompany his girlfriend in the rich Chinese friends, and a 29-year-old basketball fan - a Chinese-American talks in and the small Nelson was sitting next to him as interpreters. < br> Chan Wai-ming had never thought he could become the most trusted staff Wang. A year ago, this graduate of Columbia University, NBA Entertainment is a video data when the administrator, never thought of career lawyers. when he Dallas superiors asked him to take a Wang promotional materials. They both soon became good friends, middle of the night playing cards, each in Beijing and talk about their childhood in Brooklyn. In subsequent year, Chan Wai-ming from time to time to Dallas, each errand is not to help him and help him establish good relations with officials in Dallas. for a staff member for the NBA after this might bring some conflict, so the instigation of Wang, Chan Wai-ming in May 2002 to quit his job to Dallas became his full-time staff. br> Normally, a professional sports agent will help negotiate a player of his whereabouts, but now can not expect Wang had brought him here two people. has been that Wang is just across the river brick Yao NBA agent * Bill Duffy, in early 2002 and Wang Xia Song agents broke up the main reason is that economic disputes. Now Wang has fired the Siazon. In their last meeting in March, the Wang to stay in the United States proposed to play NBA the possibility of summer league. Siazon immediately jumped out to oppose, saying that China will not agree. maybe just give a pertinent FEDERATION proposal, but the operation of Wang doubt this young man (then also work closely with the Chinese national team ) just do not want to ruin the relationship between China only. that the talks the two old partners into the last dialogue. from the past, Wang Xia Song no longer take calls, make a clean break out of their relationship. an NBA official evaluation , who fired the economy, June 30, and he does not sign, as long as they and other teams willing to promise the same money, or their people. political Wang is He'll have to go back home. Now the PLA officers have lost patience. Nelson, the Mavericks still can not guarantee that it will extend his contract: Although Wang pretty good offensive ability, his defense was feeble, and his exacerbated by the slow progress in English he would have had De withdrawn.
Wang could not bring himself to tell Nelson he was a good decision not to return to China. He wanted to see the team is not really responsible for him, want to get Neil Sen's support, to show their summer training to prepare the body to thin and strong, the defense Enhancing, and the highest level opponents with their own technology training. If he was any other player, he will get the United States this initiative coach's appreciation - but Wang is a Chinese fighter, an all-NBA only have to comply with the rules and constraints such as the players.
; you can guarantee a place you have my team? said. CBA has a similar contract. in the middle of the second season Wang, Siazon efforts to make the military Wang agreed not to pull back from the NBA, Yao Ming in the CBA finals and battle the Shanghai Sharks. But all this is still far from Wang satisfied because, although it is his career and his life, he never had any of them signed an agreement, let alone agree to these terms.
But I like to help the Mavericks, but also to help the Chinese team. Does not everybody want to see me making progress? and no other teams in the summer league to the opportunity to express themselves, the young NBA career might end. But this was a teaching assistant Dan Hu and Beijing not so nice to his confidence built up, the trust will give the future bring more benefits to the team.
, provisions have been established conflict. Wang how can they change in a short time, the provisions do?
Obviously, Wang counting on two things. First of all, his past six years on the domestic requirements of responsive, so he believes the country will also will be the same to him. The second is his father's political power fiancee. The retired Air Force general used to be the major military sale of military officers, who also serves as a great power's defense Science and Technology Committee. In 2001 he helped Wang opened the green light to leave China. According to a Beijing Chinese basketball officials said, and now he and the People's Liberation Army in the Political Bureau of the Secretary with his relationship to the consent of the CBA chairman of the letter to his son-lan into the agreement to remain in the United States. < br> We are not very clear is that these relationships into a soft blue letters down. but after dinner and small Nelson few days later, Wang, and give him a phone can be seen in the CBA leaders and seems to suggest that he would negotiate. First of all, Xin Wang explained to return into the August world championships is ready Wang patriotic duty, but also the responsibility of all the other foreign players.
Lan Cheng said the letter.
such an order issued by China's senior leaders, ordinary people are executed automatically. But the resistance to the psychological Wang. He works the NBA Summer League in explaining to make him into a better player This is also China's interests, and so he still has six weeks to prepare the national team championships. He is not missing.
letter suggested that he first returned to Portland as discuss these matters again. According to the letter as a blue friends said, when the soldiers still would not make up their minds, Xin response to a pun. In the U.S., the media will not be good news. mid-end of the NBA Summer League. Maybe it is just his wishful thinking, although the letter does not publicly support his blue into the plan, he felt that perhaps the CBA leaders will agree to stay, as long as he do not disturb others. Anyway, Wang knows now he is going its own way, and no team or country of any public support. He decided not to go back and see the comparative mechanical dogma Nelson. In this way, the People's Liberation Army soldiers quietly laid the luggage, get on his Mercedes car, go to the west open.
more trouble in the summer ++++++++< br> People's Liberation Army of two veterans who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport walked quickly between the years . The two are the national team coach Explorer Kuang Lubin and August, Jiang Ah, they only have one secret mission: to find the Deputy Wang and bring him home. across the ocean after their plane Shengfolanxi Moscow airport seems a bit late, arriving in Los Angeles they feared would affect later find the lost soldier's mission. In this July 17, 2002 in the evening, the Chinese center is representative of Long Beach Pyramid stadium for the Golden State Warriors NBA Summer League final match. from the airport to the stadium to about 20 minutes by car, of course, this is a fine weather - no matter the weather or the situation now, are not be called fine.
Wang has not rejoin 2 months, and can not contact him directly, which makes the leaders in Beijing are very embarrassed. Now they are looking for two men pass from the red barracks to know this genius. Kuang Lubin taller, more personality sensitive to a 1 meter before the August 96 outstanding team player. He was in the youth team coach Wang; now 46 years old, he is the leader of the Chinese national team and the main responsible for the maintenance of discipline. Ah Jiang than he small 10-year-old a few centimeters shorter than he, had just retired from the Bayi team and the national team, is now head coach of Bayi. He came from the western Xinjiang region of China - his bald head, face, long beard and light brown eyes that he was a Muslim Uighur minority. The star point guard had to help Wang get countless power, so that some people think the latter to be a star with his great contribution. the presence of he play an important role: as the first roommate Wang, and his sense of honor and character are the young soldiers to learn from.
now the two men waiting in traffic in Los Angeles before their junior seize the opportunity. has been By this time, the Chinese basketball Wang leaders think they have enough patience. which acts to resist the command so that they are angry, but in addition to the national team coach Wang Fei Yao draft day in a little bit of criticism on the temporary, Wang has not been publicly denounced. eighty-one and CBA leaders and could not stop his participation in NBA summer league. But this dimension of the game in 2 months to the end of the night, despite the admirable performance of Wang - each of his averaging 14.4 points, 6.8 rebounds to his home --- the time. Now there is no reason, and he himself publicly declared that he would return to Beijing and the CBA leaders to clarify the differences, many people believe him. we must find an opportunity for the CBA when the guidance letter and Wang, director To explain, to apologize, because I caused a misunderstanding, I should take the initiative to communicate more. But in the intervening three months, something that Wang changed his mind. When these soldiers arrived in Long Beach when the Warriors game is over, Wang has been sitting in his Mercedes and left. and Wang Di Chan Wai Ming brokers say they beat around the bush. and talking with the second-generation Chinese accent, Chinese, Chan Wai-ming told not find the two soldiers Wang, his cell phone turned off. Kuang Lubin did not believe, and demanded the Wang-date telephone numbers, but this Chinese Americans do not agree. Wang confessed that he would not put his phone number to anyone, Chan Wai-ming did not give it to two to bring him home officials.
to those for the two This setback is surprising. Beijing's leaders accountable to them to fly thousands of kilometers back to the young man is looking at them under the jurisdiction of the Wang has undeniable power. but now even people who can not find, let alone to persuade him to come home. One day that week, sitting in a hotel in Los Angeles, Chan Wai Ming Kuang Lubin felt may beg to hold talks with him really made him ashamed. CHAN Wai-ming, 29, has Ivy League schools, the overall degree and comb Qi's hair neat, but seems to lack in Kuang Lubin understanding of critical issues. ; this demand did not materialize. A week later, Kuang Lubin did not escape the soldiers say a word, the depressed and flew back to Beijing.
Ah Jiang's luck is better. in Long Beach did not run into the first few days after, Wang to promised, and his former boss at a Korean restaurant meeting. Wang Kuang Lubin could not believe, but many more years to live together, eat together, play together so that he and his former point Hou Weida has become a very close relationship .6 years ago, Nike, a is a messenger sent by the leaders in Beijing. When the coach asked the two of them alone August meeting, the Big Zhi stressed the need to bring his staff group - Song Yang and his fiancee Chan Wai Ming - and keep the meal Wang look at them to mind.
this group of people sitting in a cloud of eating beef and pickles, when Ah Jiang that he can be like a few years ago, like when they give up on the pitch Wang concerns. He said he understood Wang delay the decision of the United States not return, not to rebel country, but for their own future in the NBA. But Wang forgot his NBA dream realized, all that care and concern the country, the motherland is not what he is not. In any case Ah Jiang said that both sides have made before action can not be saved or have saved this question, as long as the CBA and August, and communicate with anything good.
like, severely punished. In his mind, the newly appointed coach, although August is a good heart, but no power to guarantee his impunity. say so. primer, and instead of his hearing. and his parents, the warrior within is never a master of conversation or engaging in relationships, each one with an emergency situation, he's always been isolated measures. In the past 6 weeks, Wang hiding controversial Chinese site terms of how people of his predicament. Some support for his courage - if the young Chinese people have to make their own choices, why did he not? - but There are hundreds of posts condemning him to give up the country, is to a few U.S. notes. Now Wang is no longer hiding, his first thing is to Ah Jiang know his motive is worthy of recognition.
br> Basketball groups on the Song Yang and spread the story of her family. Song Yang years older than Wang, but when they started dating 2 years ago, her wealth, her worldly wise experience, and even her looks - she looks a bit like < with friends and business --- some people think that this directly led to his arrogance and loneliness. Wang is a very rich in China, the athletes, with an annual income of almost $ 75,000 advertising, but simply compared to Song Yang pale into insignificance. Song Yang's father is a retired Air Force general, has been traded on the management of the military, and now the family had started out their business. It is said that Song Yang, a brother of possession of property in China's securities and real estate market both save a lot, Song Yang, operates in the U.S. some of them. According to Wang, a friend recalled, Song Yang, had said previously boasted a BMW when she gave Wang when Wang can not afford their own. < br> Now Song Yang insatiable: - quells. No one believes Wang will not play any more. After all, this is a child, he started the only thing, but there is no pressure at the time, this is his favorite thing. sitting on the table Young people understand the words in the words of the Song: It is not no basketball Wang, but Wang does not need China. Now he was in the NBA, but to live together and Song Yang, the economy, he can be completely independent, and do not need to worry about the country constrains.
embarrassing scenes, the Wang explained that his only desire is to other NBA players already have: the ability to express themselves freely. his first two NBA seasons because of reduced domestic tasks; now He played in China but also the Asian Games in October, equal participation and also deprived him of his NBA pre-season training opportunities. Although Wang would like to participate in August's world championships, he did not think he should participate in useless and even harmful to his NBA career game. In his view, is one of the Asian Games.
time of conflict, but only a pretext. Wang really concerned about is China not to allow him to call back the NBA. in his disappearance in May, August has been put on the table this matter, and now Wang can not imagine how that would clean up his generals. Ah Jiang hopes to dispel his concerns: You can return to play after the NBA. you only return home to lead a face-saving, things will change for the better. gifted son, returned to China or is likely to end his NBA career. His performance in summer league - including the 56% field goal percentage and 50% of the three-point shooting - an increase of the minds of his coaches in the NBA in the position. but he is still not forthcoming, there is no NBA contract for next season. NBA's restricted free man this week of listing, Wang's new agent (Brokers Group, Jeff arts people * Xi Wazi) hope Inside the NBA market, he can spin it.
getting dark, Wang decided to ask his old comrade in arms he wanted for a long time a question: If you do not go back, how can it?
August coach's face sink. If Wang is not, and August and return to the good leadership of CBA, then this dispute will not only hit him in the future of China will crack down on his future in the NBA. truth is simply part of the economy. Whether Wang people will become much later, China's market will be even greater. Wang is not just for the NBA one-third of the value and can be measured in field goal percentage, he was trading with China for a door. or else why the Mavericks so seriously chase after him for three years?
greater part of the reason is political. Wang as soon as possible if you do not return, is likely to be expelled from the Chinese national team, and the army in the trial will be more severe. Wang in China boss is very angry, and they made no NBA team that dared to negotiations and signing the idea of Wang. Wang is the Chinese government can hinder this dream of his proposal NBA frightened. He knows NBA president had no power to prevent all Any team signing players. But as the Dallas Mavericks to obediently obey the instructions of the Chinese, a little complain. If all the U.S. teams have this happen?
Wang thought about his future just when the coach's cell phone rang. he took, then gave it to Wang.
friend told him that Ren Huanzhen was all accusations against her son died, and all day at home crying. the most to her heart, but it is his silence. Wang said he wanted a way to let his parents know he flies okay, but he was afraid and call them directly, he worried that a call will become a political battle he could not afford.
was near his mother outside the mobile phone. At that moment his mother Wang must have heard the voice of longing, desire told her that he can make all proud of her later. but he can not control his suspicions. Why is she calling at this time, why, after his disappearance and first meeting with Chinese officials to call? Wang A mother and Jiang apparently made an appointment to call at this time. Did his mother was a tool being used to persuade him to return it? when he heard the voice of his mother, he can keep his position you?
Wang had her heart hard. 

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